Dan Kreiss brings a wealth of coaching experience having coached
a variety of sports over more than 20 years including cricket,
softball, rugby, and basketball. He enters his fifth year as
the head coach for Tornado Cycling.

In 2012-13, Kreiss guided the King cycling to new heights as
they won their first ever Southeast Collegiate Cycling
Conference (SECCC) championship. The Tornado also made their second
consecutive appearance in the Collegiate Cycling National
Championships in Ogden, Utah. However, the Tornado came home with
an eighth place finish after having some bad luck as a couple of
riders got caught up in accidents that ended their weekend's.

Tornado Cycling came out of its shell and into the spotlight
during the 2011-12 season as Kreiss led his team to the Collegiate
Cycling National Championships for the first time in the
program’s young history. The Tornado rode strong in all three
events, held in Ogden, Utah, and finished with a fifth place podium
placing in the Team Omnium.

The 2011-12 season was overall a successful campaign as the
Tornado finished second overall in the (SECCC) by a mere six
points. At the conference championships Kreiss watched three of his
riders earn medals in their respective divisions, including
Conference Champion Stephanie Cucaz who won the gold medal in the
women’s ‘A’ division. Casey Stallard won the
silver in the men’s ‘B’ class and Blake Adams,
with his team-leading eight race wins, won the gold medal in the
men’s ‘C’ category.

Prior to coming to King, he was head coach of the basketball
program at Hutt International Boys' School in Wellington, New
Zealand for 10 years. He took several teams to playoff and
championship games before making the move to King to run the Youth
Ministry program.

Kreiss was the head coach of the men’s junior varsity
basketball team for one season and assistant coach for the
Tornado basketball squad for three seasons before taking the head
job with the cycling team in 2009. Kreiss aided the team toward a
second place finish in the team’s first season of competition
in 2010.

Kreiss graduated from Eastern University in 1988, with a BA in
education, History and Youth Ministry and received his MEd. from
Massey University (New Zealand) in Educational Guidance in 2000. He
is a USAC certified coach and teaches in the youth ministry and
physical education departments at King.